Key Terms of Cardiac Drugs

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Across
  1. 4. the amount of fluid in the vascular system
  2. 5. friction the blood encounters in the arteries
  3. 7. low serum sodium chloride levels
  4. 8. low serum potassium levels; muscle cramps, tetany, cardiac arrhythmias, lethargy, and confusion
  5. 11. equals CO times peripheral resistance
  6. 12. low serum sodium levels; anxiety, thirst, confusion, muscle weakness, twitching, and oliguria
  7. 14. heart rate (electrical system - rhythm)
  8. 16. bad cholesterol
Down
  1. 1. decreased blood volume; elevated heart rate with weak pulse, increased respirations, decreased B/P, and decreased output
  2. 2. high serum calcium levels
  3. 3. contractility force
  4. 6. caused by the volume of blood in the ventricle at the end of diastole. It is the stretch caused as ventricles receive blood from the atria
  5. 9. is the pressure the heart must work against to eject blood during systole
  6. 10. the ability of cardiac muscle fibers to shorten when stimulated and contracted
  7. 12. high serum potassium levels; confusion fatigue cardiac arrhythmias
  8. 13. speed of contraction (electrical impulse conduction)
  9. 15. good cholesterol